Maaike Smit

Full name

Maaike Smit

Country (sports)

Netherlands

Born

7 August 1966 (age 50)
Emmeloord, the Netherlands

Turned pro

1991

Retired

2012

Plays

Right Handed

Official website

www.maaikesmit.nl

Singles

Highest ranking

1 (08/04/1997)

Paralympic Games

Gold Medal (1996)

Doubles

Highest ranking

1 (02/10/2000)

Paralympic Games

Gold Medal (2000, 2004)

Medal record

Representing Netherlands
Paralympic Games
Women's wheelchair tennis
	1996 Atlanta	Women's singles
	2000 Sydney	Women's singles
	2000 Sydney	Women's doubles
	2004 Athens	Women's doubles
Women's wheelchair Basketball
	1988 Seoul	Women's team
	1992 Barcelona	Women's team

Last updated on: 27 June 2013.

Maaike Smit (7 August 1966, in Emmeloord) is a former Dutch Wheelchair tennis and Wheelchair basketball player.

Smit started at the age of 20 with tennis. Smiths played at the US Open and Australian Open. She won the Florida Open International Wheelchair Tennis Championship 4 times.

In 1996 Smit won a gold medal in the singles wheelchair event at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta. In the doubles she won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens.

She was sponsored by "Invacare" (Produces Wheelchairs and other equipment for disabled people).

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